I was listening to the Red Sox game on the radio and they kept mentioning this perfect game in progress, so in the 9th inning of the Tigers game I ran upstairs to the TV, turned on the MLB network, and watched the bad call.
My thoughts, in no particular order:
1. Gallaraga's behavior was truly admirable.
2. Jim Joyce did the right thing by apologizing, and he will never forget that he did this. That is probably punishment enough.
3. The idea that Bud Selig should step in and declare this a perfect game is an invitation to chaos.
4. There will be more calls now for instant replay in baseball. I think the home run review is enough. I want baseball to stay the most human of games for as long as possible. Think about how much this wonderful game is still exactly like the game of our youth. We stop playing when the weather gets bad, waiting until the last possible moment to suspend play. There are arguments about who saw what, and everyone's friendly at the end no matter the outcome ("I don't think you touched the lawn chair at second base, man! But let's see if my mom bought some popsicles.")
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